The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-07-30
HHE EARLY FLY.
dait and 3umor,
The Restfulness of Farm Life.

" The Restfulness of Farm Life.
"No," said the pale young man sadly,
II am not working on farm for my health
now"
ais that so ?"
ayes. have come away; and the farm
which knew me would perhaps know me
tno more, but if it could get sight OF me-
yet it can't"
II went out you know, by the advice of
physician. Said he; "You need out
door exercise, and above all, sleep, such
long, quiet nights sleep as you can only
find in the country away from the noise
md heat of the city, with the great open
windows and the cool and velvety breeze
floating through your room all night long,
with perhaps an occasional night with the
pattering rain upon the roof to lull you to
Sleep" That's what the doctor SAID. -
$50 hired out to a farmer to work all
summer. He said was so white and pale
that he couldn't give me anything but my
n board for my services, but if L wanted to
work for that might climb in behind the
seat and ride out.
$50 | did He had one mule and one
horse. and the mule baked every time he
went up hill and the horse every time he
went down hill, and they both tried to run
Iway on the level He drove them with
trace chain tied on a white ash axe-helve
"But we got out there at last don I
4 want to tell you anything about the work
today haven't time-but | feel as II L
must saw something about those long nights
sleep.
sdrhe first night we got home late, but
still the sun was only nicely down. The
sun sets about two hours later out there
han anywhere else in the known world
"After supper the farmer spent one hour
and a half telling me about the fax crop
A ON the back forty and then he reckoned we
4, better milk. There were twelve COWS and
\be said each would take six. lie gave me
the kickers, and it took me two hours, and
It had been dark long time when L hn-
ished Then he had me pump up water
for the next day. And it took forty MIN n,
utes. Then l filled the wood-box and split
the kindling wood. And as it was Dig
box it took thirty minutes. Then he told
inc about the oat crop, which took an hour.
And when went to bed it was glowing IN
the east. e
ssThe window in the room was pane OF
GLASS nailed over an irregular hole IN the
boards and could not be opened. ! had
inst fallen asleep and had begun to dream
I was living along the ridge pole of f,9audfIdec
ble-humped camel when the farms astick and
on the stairs with an old y uldn't sec
! said breakfast was 10 went to
Jas it was any WAS little
e day and the
1t end of anoth-
bayfield, sixteen
supper he said
- new cellar
- gave me eight
e. & tckers. And one
B, and slammed me
our sooner than the
said he was think
Yearly the next morn
1t rained, and heard
the rain on the roof
pctor spoke about.
sleep because it
E * ne bedclothes all
rmer pounded on the
Hooked at my watch,
= a q an hour and forty
Rnd MY clothes were wet and
water in my shoes.
vas good day and we worked at
lin. We moved down whatthe
ed 'slather' of it. And that
had rested awhile on the
liked the twelve cows-twclve
Ind one of them thought | was
kidnap her calf and chased me
Iyard-the farmer said it looked
lin, and he reckoned we'd bet
nd cock up that hay before
Fore we got to the field | saw
z star, and when had got up
ehes of hay and the old hypo-
rmer four, l heard alark. Then
ID up twenty-four punches and
er six it began to grow quite light.
N the farmer saw 1t he laid down |
hay and laughed for ten minutes.
L had worked right through the
out knowing it.
bad known more about it than
l had
sed an hour longer and then we
the house and MIXED. Break
BIT quite ready, and l threw
&c Of cubic yards of sand out of the
ttom of the cellar
Sand while we were eating the farmer
Id me to hurry because he would like to
et in one full days work during haying.
said l would, too, and that | would stop
and go out and harness the horses. And
he said that was business, and went out
and ran down the road and walked into
town.
"And now am looking for that old liar
n physician and surgeon who told me
gt the long nights sleep would get on
A GLOSS"
summer pretty and romantic city
pent the summer on farm, and got
up mild Irritation with the young man of
the house. He was not particularly bold,